Judge Peter J. Maceroni on Wednesday exceeded the sentencing guideline range of 10 to 34 months by sentencing Cedric Simpson to five to 10 years in prison for peeking at a woman in a bathroom stall at the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in downtown Mount Clemens in July 2011.

Maceroni called Simpson a “menace to society” and said guidelines failed to take into account Simpson’s “public disorder” crime.

“Based on the repetitive nature and the fact that we have a statement from the victim on how it has impacted her life … and my responsibility to protect the public … I honestly feel he is a menace to society,” Maceroni said.

Judges are required to articulate “substantial and compelling reasons” to go above or below sentencing guidelines, derived from a formula involving prior offenses and offense variables, according to state law.

Simpson was convicted by a jury last month of surveilling an unclothed person and defrauding an innkeeper, his fourth conviction for looking at females in women’s bathrooms over the past five years. He faces a fifth charge in Oakland County after he was arrested Sept. 22 for looking at a woman in a restroom at Bailey’s Pub & Grille in Troy.

Simpson has admitted to a therapist that he has committed the act 200 to 300 times, and he was expelled from Macomb Community College for similar behavior, the judge noted.

Officials agree Simpson suffers from a mental issue. But Freers said Simpson has received minimal treatment.

“He has gotten some treatment but ran out of money and had to drop it,” he said.

Three of Simpson’s family members, including his mother and niece, attended the sentencing. They declined comment afterward.

Assistant Macomb prosecutor Emil Semaan, who asked the judge to exceed guidelines, said he was pleased with it.

The victim, a state employee who was on a lunch break with colleagues, told the judge she felt violated by the incident and worried he may prey on children when freed.

Simpson’s Oakland County case has not been resolved. A circuit court pretrial is scheduled for March 6. If convicted there, the judge could add time to Simpson’s term because Simpson was free on bond in the Macomb case at the time.

The Macomb incident occurred about 1 p.m. July 7, 2011. The woman was in a stall when she saw Simpson holding onto and peeking over the wall. She yelled, and Simpson fled, failing to pay $2.45 for a lemonade or ice tea drink.

Her identification was backed by BWW employees, who saw Simpson in the restaurant-bar many times before.

Simpson was convicted three times previously. One incident occurred in July 2008 in a second-floor restroom in the county courthouse in Mount Clemens, where he was attending a hearing for a 2007 case.